Chechen football club Terek Grozny banned for one match after leader Ramzan Kadyrov abuses ref over loudspeaker

TEREK Grozny have been banned from their stadium for one match after Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov taunted a referee over the club's loudspeaker system.

Kadyrov, who is the club's president as well as the leader of the troubled Russian republic, reacted angrily to referee Mikhail Vilkov's dismissal of Terek captain Rizvan Utsiev during Sunday's 0-0 draw at home to Rubin Kazan.

The local leader took control of the Grozny arena's public address system to shout: "The referee is corrupt. You jerk!"

That brought a fine of 200,000 roubles ($6,667) from the Russian Football Union (RFU) as well as the stadium ban, which will see Terek play their next home match against Zenit St Petersburg on March 31 at a neutral venue.

Kadyrov has since stoked up tensions rather than trying to smooth things over.

On Monday, the ruler of the restive southern province admitted he had failed to control his anger but proceeded to blast the official even more.

"The game was just awful because of the biased referee," Kadyrov wrote in his Instagram page.

"The groundless second yellow card for Utsiev and an obvious penalty kick that we were not awarded - he did everything to change the result of the game.

"I believe a thorough investigation of the referee's actions should be lauched.

"I apologise to the whole football world for what I said in the heat of the moment. But not to the referee, he deserved to be called corrupt."

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